How to analyze a literary work such as __Pedro Paramo__ or The Feather Pillow (using MLA formatting conventions)
Introduce a literary movement to which the literary work belongs.
For Pedro Paramo, the appropriate literary movement is: Magical Realism. For The Feather Pillow it might be the Gothic movement.
To find out about Magical Realism/Gothic, you need to do a little research so that you can write down in your introduction its major characteristics:
Magical Realism/Gothic Characteristics are :
Characteristic 1
Characteristic 2
Characteristic 3
Characteristic 4
(Make sure you cite your sources so that your readers know that you are credible)
Introduce the literary work: author, date, place. Short summary of the whole work/the parts you are examining
Show how the literary work is an example of Magical Realism/Gothic by selecting pieces of the text to include as short descriptions or quotations from the literary work.
Pedro Paramo event/process/character on pg X matches Characteristic 1
PedroParamo event/process/character on pg Y matches Characteristic 2
etc – perhaps 3 or 4 examples are sufficient to show that the literary work conforms to the literary movement you have previously described.
Conclusion: confirm that the literary work belongs to the literary movement described, and explain how you have shown this. Point out any departures/uniqueness/special significance.
(Make sure you cite your sources so that your readers know that you are credible)